GTP Cool Wall: 1968-1973 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona

[Tornado]

I had to try it, blame boredom:
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See, now it just looks like a really nice Maserati. Nothing wrong with that.

 

[CyborgGT]

This shouldn't even be a question. The Daytona is like Ferrari's equivalent of an Aston Martin.

Goes in the DB9 fridge.

 

[SagarisGTB]

Except like the GTO, this was made in an era before the snobbery image was associated with Ferrari & still remains one of the models exempt from that stereotype....

I would differ. I see the Daytona as the first of a line of underwhelming, mostly overweight cars that Ferrari built their changing image on. The Miami Vice association for the Daytona doesn't help in that regard. If there was a last cool Ferrari, it would have been the curvy fixed-headlamp 365 GTC, not the overexposed 365 GTB. Not counting the 246 GT of course, but that wasn't strictly a Ferrari, whatever you think of it.

 

[TheCracker]

NO! Ferraris are red, this one should be Rosso Metallizzato. I have one in GT6 in that color, and it is gorgeous.

No no no no no. No. The only Ferrari that should be red, is the F40. All the others should be anything but. Mid-engined V8s can pass as red, but they're only owned by people who wear Ferrari merchandise. Wire wheels on something as modern as a Daytona are naff also.

 

[SagarisGTB]

No no no no no. No. The only Ferrari that should be red, is the F40. All the others should be anything but.

You don't think a 250 MM or a 250 GT SWB or a 250 GTO or a 166 MM Barchetta should be Rosso Corsa?

One might say that all Italian cars from the traditional racing companies (Alfa, Ferrari, Maserati) should be painted red. A Ferrari that's not red might be lacking part of it's identity.

 

[McLaren]

Rosso Corsa is fine at all, but it's hard to argue how much more different a Ferrari can look when painted in something not everyone else has.

Of course, the real testament to Ferrari's taste is the addition of a simple stripe in some form or another & in a certain location that really sets these off.

 

[Wolfe]

Red is overrated, and I hate it unless it's a deeper shade you'd name after a form of alcohol. The official color I prefer for older Ferraris is called Azzurro California, I think:

 

[homeforsummer]

Yup - that's precisely the shade I'd pick for the Daytona too. Not least as those vast orange turn signals look a lot better than they do against red.

 

[Turtle]

I wish more people bought blue Ferraris. The blue really works well with older models, but I think the F430 looks good in blue too. Nart Blue is nice as well.

 

[niky]

That's one of those lovely, subtle shades that nobody seems to do right, anymore.

I wish more people bought odd colored cars. It's refreshing to see cars that aren't shades of gray. slate or red.

 

[Azure Flare]

I would also accept Giallo Fly.

 

[Turtle]

What was the name of the purple paint you could by a Dino in? This world needs more purple cars and green cars. Porsche makes some really nice green colors.

Edit: Found it, it's called 'Viola Metallizzato'.

 

[homeforsummer]

I wish more people bought odd colored cars. It's refreshing to see cars that aren't shades of gray. slate or red.

It's incredibly hard to do now. I was recently writing about the new Hyundai i10. Couldn't find info for a couple of the colours that all the press shots were in - a light but vivid metallic blue, and a metallic orange. They've already been discontinued - all that's left on the i10 now are a white, two silvers, a black and a very dark blue. Many other manufacturers aren't far different. It's depressing.

 

[Moglet]

It's incredibly hard to do now. I was recently writing about the new Hyundai i10. Couldn't find info for a couple of the colours that all the press shots were in - a light but vivid metallic blue, and a metallic orange. They've already been discontinued - all that's left on the i10 now are a white, two silvers, a black and a very dark blue. Many other manufacturers aren't far different. It's depressing.

Small hatchbacks seem to be doing it right at the minute, the 108, new Aygo, the Fiat 500, Vauxhall Adam etc. all have exciting colours available and, in some cases, two tone paint options. Volvo have some very nice metallic shades, too.

That said, it's up to people to choose those colours before they start appearing on our roads and so far all of the Adams and 500s and the like I've seen on the road have been in boring colours. People seem to be afraid of choosing something a bit crazy, maybe they're worried about resale values?

 

[TheCracker]

It's incredibly hard to do now. I was recently writing about the new Hyundai i10. Couldn't find info for a couple of the colours that all the press shots were in - a light but vivid metallic blue, and a metallic orange. They've already been discontinued - all that's left on the i10 now are a white, two silvers, a black and a very dark blue. Many other manufacturers aren't far different. It's depressing.

I glanced out out my office window last week and looked down at the car park that serves our office and the three other companies in the offices that surround it. Out of the the 23 cars I could see, 18 were black or very dark grey. That didn't even include the two black cars of the guy I sit next to or my own, that were out of sight.

I tried to avoid black or silver when I bought my car, but when you buy used you rarely have the choice.

 

[Roger the Horse]

I paint all of my cars in Forza pink.

 

[niky]

People here are perfectly willing to chance a weird color. As long as it's metallic orange.

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New i10s come here in something that looks vaguely like "mushroom"... or beige. I love it.

 

[homeforsummer]

I tried to avoid black or silver when I bought my car, but when you buy used you rarely have the choice.

Indeed. I quite like my car in grey, but had I the choice I'd have gone for the citrus green they did. Unfortunately, the guy I bought mine off bought the only citrus green one for sale in the country at the time

 

[Famine]

I like unusual colours, but as soon as brown stops being A Thing I'm going to have a party.

 

[Roger the Horse]

Brown is fashionable? Does that mean that I've unintentionally become fashionable by continuing wearing the clothes I have been wearing for some time now?

 

[McLaren]

Red is overrated, and I hate it unless it's a deeper shade you'd name after a form of alcohol. The official color I prefer for older Ferraris is called Azzurro California, I think:

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There used to be a F50 painted in this color. Truly unique looking thing. Until Nicolas Cage bought it & returned it back to red.

 

[Wiegert]

@Wolfe I dropped by HR Owen in Kensington last Friday to find one in that most suitable shade of blue. Yum.

The orange indicator covers mar the aesthetics to an extent depending on the paint colour. Especially darker shades, or any variant of red. But light blue is pretty much perfect all-round.

Brown is fashionable?

It's more hip to call it "Golden Bronze Metallic" or some other similarly pretentious moniker.

 

[AlvaroF]

I do also like some purple in a few Ferraris and this one actually looks nice

 

[Heldenzeit]

Edit: Found it, it's called 'Viola Metallizzato'.

Also other weird colors:

 

[Turtle]

Also other weird colors:

The blue looks nice, but I don't like that pale green - I think something like British Racing Green would fit this car well -and I'm not a fan of brown "Golden Bronze Metallic".

 

[McLaren]

How much does a testicle run on the black market again? I need this in my life.

Edit* Found it & it is for sale.
http://www.talacrest.com/Ferrari-Sales/Ferrari-365-GTB4-Daytona-Competition/4123.htm

 

[Mydim3]

I don't like vintage cars, but cool because Ferrari.

sub zero because of ferrari